Vineyard inshore fisheries almost came to a halt this winter, with ice more than a foot thick in some places. “This is probably one of the worst, if not the worst, winter we have ever had in terms of losing days fishing,” said West Tisbury shellfish constable Raymond Gale.

On a recent spring-like afternoon in downtown Chilmark, as the Martha’s Vineyard Film Festival staff walked from their offices on South Road to the Chilmark Community Center, the sun burst through a patch of Beetlebung trees.

Nearly a year after contractors broke ground on a new Edgartown library, the project is overbudget and behind schedule.

The town of Oak Bluffs is moving forward with its plans for a park and ride lot to help alleviate summer traffic downtown, but during a public hearing Tuesday some expressed concern that the project was moving too quickly.

Late last week, Dreamland in Oak Bluffs opened as Loft at Dreamland, an year-round adult game room and bar.

In praise of the warm weather and approach of spring, this week the editors looked back to Henry Beetle Hough and two of his essays on the coming season.

I have the night shift. The preferred shift, really. The baby sleeps (more) at night. Etienne is the baby’s name. Etienne is French for Stephen.

The waterfront lost a friend this past week. Retired sergeant William L. Searle 3rd, of the Environmental State Police died on March 5.

The Martha's Vineyard Land Bank had a retirement party this week for Edith W. Potter, a Chappaquiddick resident and longtime conservationist.

The Martha’s Vineyard Land Bank reported revenues of $111,195 for the business week ending on Friday, March 6, 2015.